All Things Internet: The Big Players & The Issues
The world has grown increasingly connected over the past few decades and a huge chunk of our lives are online. We cover the companies you care about: YouTube, Google, Amazon, and the issues you care about: NBN, IoT, social media, privacy and security.
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Cerveza Wars: Chile Embedded Beer Ads in its First Airing of Star Wars
A 2003 broadcast of Star Wars in Chile involved some creative beer advertising. Even those in a galaxy far, far away want a cold one.
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Tech News: 5 Things to Know in Australia Today
From Nvidia’s prediction on artificial general intelligence to an Apple event-less March, here are five things headlining tech news in Australia.
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The Long History of How the Rebels Originally Stole the Death Star Plans
In current Star Wars canon, the plot to steal the Death Star’s technical plans is incredibly straight forward: it’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the tale of Galen Erso’s sacrifice and the ragtag team that swooped down to Scarif and gave their lives to ensure that data fell into Rebel hands. But in the…
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That Viral Photo of a Man Smoking in McDonald’s Was Made With AI
Have you seen a photo on social media recently that appears to show a man in 1980s-style clothes smoking a cigarette in McDonald’s? The image has gone viral, racking up over 21 million views at the time of this writing. But it’s completely fake. The image was made using generative AI. The image, which features…